The Logics of Monarchy and Republic in Early Twentieth-Century China

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370818
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Asia and Africa
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Yoshizawa Seiichiro 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 准教授 (80272615)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 辛亥革命 / 君主制 / 共和制

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project focused on the status of emperors and presidents, especially the political connotations, institutional designs, and cultural frictions concerning them to gain new insights into political history of early twentieth-century China. For example, the inaugural ceremonies of presidents in early republican China were analyzed to understand how the political legitimacy was shown in the rituals. It was pointed out that Yuan Shikai had been forced to confront a very difficult puzzle when he managed to create political legitimacy of his own. Another attention of this research was directed to Professor Frank Goodnow, who was an adviser to Yuan Shikai, and made trials and errors in search of constitutional regime in China.

Free Research Field

中国近代史